Why did I choose Drupal framework for creating websites - big or small?

It is the third month of using the Drupal framework, and I have created three websites using it. And all three websites are facing no issues whatsoever. The community says, “Drupal framework is from the developer for the developer.”

The performance and stability of these websites are rock solid. And SEO is performing well. And the content creators are creating content without facing any issues.

So what is my feedback on the Drupal 9.4.2 framework and its usage?

In summary, the Drupal framework is now my priority web framework for many websites that we develop in our company.

I have been developing software applications for the last 15 years while writing this blog. And I have developed numerous mobile applications – for Android and iOS mobile devices - and web applications for varied clients and their domains.

And during these years, I have learned many languages, frameworks, and programming paradigms.

Recently, I stumbled on a client requirement and found the existing WordPress and Joomla frameworks were not good enough for work requirements. And I may need to create a plugin or extension to support it.

But the content requirement was very dynamic, and depending on the content creator, the prototype had to change. And that is where I thought of giving my time to explore more about the Drupal framework.

I worked on it in the year 2009, and at the time, it was premature. And it did not support many features, and the contribution projects were limited.

And now, it placed itself in a developer community. And I appraise all those community developers who have given their time and energy to make it more robust and flexible.

I have the following two reasons for liking the framework;

Stability and performance

Drupal is rock solid when it comes to stability and performance. You do not need to invest the development time to improve performance. It is out of a box feature.

Drupal does not care if you have 100 blogs, 1000 blogs, or 10000 blogs. It has stable performance in its continued usage.

I found some frameworks have a limitation when we seek a performance. And if you have integrated any third-party extensions or plugins, the performance degrades overall.

Flexibility

You may often find where customer demands different types of content on the same websites. And that’s where Drupal shines. You do not need to invest your development time creating a custom extension and then integrating the new content type.

Drupal supports the flexibility of creating many content types without integrating any third-party extension, and other frameworks still lack support.

Your content may be an article, a blog post, a piece of movie information, an album listing, a job post, a sponsorship deal, a company, a food recipe, or anything else. You can create custom content types without writing a single line of code.

As stated above, I have used many other frameworks in different languages and found Drupal fulfilling these requirements without any overhead. You, as a developer, do not need to worry about these unstated requirements.

I hear you – other frameworks are also stable and flexible. But did you notice the problems in long-term usage? You may need to create custom extensions to support many requirements. These frameworks are flexible if you are ready to develop an extension or plugin. But, these frameworks do not support flexibility as a requirement.

Also, I find the performance degradation as your content creators started adding more and more content over time.

I find no such problems in the Drupal framework. Maybe, I need to wait for a long time.

Please note, one of my client websites has more than 15000 articles and 22000 deals information with their respective images. And I see no performance issues whatsoever.

Anyway, till that time, my priority framework is Drupal. And if you are looking for Drupal development services, I am happy to work with you.